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Longview Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.9M
Granted FY2023
201
Grants FY2023
28
States reached
$407k
Largest
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Health$5.4MEducation$1.5MEnvironment$1.2MArts & Culture$1.1MPhilanthropy$991kFood & Nutrition$877kReligion$784kAnimals$333kOther$0
02FY2023 · 201 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k151 grants · $428k
  • $10k–50k37 grants · $689k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $697k
$3,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$407,000
MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM$290,000
DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY$177,000
THE FRANKLIN CENTER$160,500
FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER$122,000
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$111,500
GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY$110,000
MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION$90,000
MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART$65,500
ORONO FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION$63,000
BLAKE SCHOOL$55,000
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$54,500
MAYO CLINIC$53,000
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$46,500
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP$34,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–23, $168k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PEACE CENTER: $2k → 6%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5k → 12%PEACE CENTER: $2k → 6%MYHEALTH FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $5k → 11%BIG WONDER CHILD CARE: $500 → 14%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA: $6k → 14%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA: $3k → 14%FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $43k → 11%FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $35k → 11%FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $28k → 11%MINNESOTA MASONIC CHARITIES: $1k → 11%TAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA: $1k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%FRASER: $2k → 11%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $4k → 11%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $4k → 11%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $4k → 11%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $4k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $4k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $4k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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OR
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$12M · 214 repeat orgs$522k to everyone else

214 repeat relationships — 170 still active in FY2023, 44 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

214
86

Total granted

$12M
$410k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+34%

Still filing today

74%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FC
    FRANKLIN CENTER
    4× · 2020–2023 · $4.6M · revenue +165% · 57% of their budget
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
    3× · 2020–2023 · $717k · revenue +31%
  • DC
    DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
    4× · 2020–2023 · $405k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • MC
    MINNESOTA CENTRAL KITCHEN, 2ND HARVEST HEARTLAND
    one grant, 2021 · $60k
  • LH
    LAKEWOOD HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -92%
  • VS
    V3 SPORTS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -51%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

2
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

3
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

4
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

5
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
6
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
7
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

8
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
9
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
10
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Northside Boxing Club Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEnvironmental Conservation …Community FoundationsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Health Access Advocacy and …United Way AffiliatesAffordable Housing Construc…Immigrant Worker SupportSenior Support ServicesYouth Development ServicesSchool Parent OrganizationsLocal History MuseumsCancer Support ServicesYouth Sports ProgramsLocal Food System Organizat…Dance Arts OrganizationsDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity Arts CentersAffordable Housing Developm…Policy Research and AdvocacyMilitary Veterans SupportChristian Missionary Organi…Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community College Foundatio…School District FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-12 SchoolsFood Banks and Pantries
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 42 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number17%2%<5yr12%3%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr17%23%20–35yr16%28%35–55yr18%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value17%0%<5yr12%1%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr17%51%20–35yr16%15%35–55yr18%24%55yr+

The field is 17% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/220
the rest of the field
10%
3,829/38,769

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

212 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 212 of the 331 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
206/212
Grantees still filing
158/212
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FRANKLIN CENTER — $4,647,800 · EducationFRANKLIN CENTERDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY — $404,500 · EducationDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYORONO FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION — $278,500 · Education+28 more — $584,000 · Education+28 moreWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $719,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CH…MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM — $333,000 · OtherMINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORET…MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION — $294,000 · OtherMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATIONThe Family Partnership — $129,000 · Other+103 more — $1,660,000 · Other+103 moreTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION — $467,500 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNE…GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $391,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER T…MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOUNDATION — $60,000 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA…JUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $60,000 · PhilanthropyJUNEAU CO…+6 more — $95,700 · Philanthropy+6 moreMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $219,600 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC — $112,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $99,000 · Arts & CultureWALKER ART CENTER — $97,500 · Arts & CultureThe Minnesota Opera — $94,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION — $64,000 · Arts & CultureMILKWEED EDITIONS INC — $53,000 · Arts & CultureMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC — $46,500 · Arts & CultureGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION — $44,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA — $32,400 · Arts & Culture+8 more — $104,500 · Arts & CultureSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $717,000 · Food & Nutrition+3 more — $36,500 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER — $154,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $117,500 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $68,500 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $49,000 · EnvironmentDEER LAKE CONSERVANCY INC — $31,000 · EnvironmentNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS — $26,000 · EnvironmentMINNESOTA LAND TRUST — $21,000 · Environment+14 more — $145,500 · EnvironmentMAYO CLINIC — $181,000 · HealthHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $105,000 · HealthWashburn Center for Children — $64,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA — $58,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES — $25,500 · HealthMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — $21,500 · HealthCOR RETREAT INC — $20,000 · Health+2 more — $21,000 · Health
Education$5,914,800Other$3,135,000Philanthropy$1,074,200Arts & Culture$966,500Food & Nutrition$753,500Environment$612,500Health$496,500

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFRANKLIN CENTER — $4,647,800 over 4y, 57% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $717,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION — $467,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY — $404,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $391,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION — $294,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetORONO FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION — $278,500 over 4y, 13% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $219,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC — $181,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER — $154,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetThe Family Partnership — $129,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION — $117,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC — $112,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $105,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BLAKE SCHOOL — $104,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $99,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER — $97,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Minnesota Opera — $94,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE — $90,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES — $70,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $68,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWashburn Center for Children — $64,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetST DAVID'S CENTER — $64,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION — $64,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA VIKINGS FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetJUNEAU COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA — $58,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMILKWEED EDITIONS INC — $53,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMissoula Catholic Schools Foundation — $50,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY — $49,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC — $46,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION — $44,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $41,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetALIGHT — $38,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN VALLEY WALDORF ASSOCIATION DBA CEDARWOOD WALDORF SCHOOL — $37,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS — $36,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY — $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA — $32,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budget22KILL — $32,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDEER LAKE CONSERVANCY INC — $31,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetMARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL — $28,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWilliams College — $27,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES — $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY OIC — $26,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS — $26,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES — $25,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetV3 SPORTS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN72.8× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · The Crosswols Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · The K Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Marbrook Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Longview Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 30%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • Wild Salmon Center49% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation2% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College1% of income from government
  • Amherst College Trustees0% of income from government
  • Williams College0% of income from government
  • Catlin Gabel School0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
61report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Longview Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Longview Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 331 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $3.2M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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